Louis Weinberger

Madison County Pioneer Resident Dies Here Friday

Funeral services for Louis Weinberger, 84, Madison county pioneer, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. August Besk, Friday, Dec. 12th, were held from St. Leonard’s church with burial made in the family lot in Crownhill Cemetery. He was born June 22, 1845 in Germany. He was united in marriage to Catherine Wanek at Madison, Wisconsin and came to Madison county, Nebraska in 1870 and took up a homestead in Green Garden precinct.   Excerpts from Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, December 18, 1930 on page 1.